Distracted while trying to read an E-Book? Maybe it's all the alternatives on the device.
With Ava, it is using video and computing advances to create robots that can do office work remotely and perhaps one day handle more of the household chores.
Matt Thornhill, Boomer Project: "The advent of Siri means the end of the era when humans have to adapt to new technology."
Typical -- not a word about tech-enabled chronic disease monitoring (or medication management).
The number of children living in homes with parents and grandparents is growing.
Not to be outdone by ABI, Forrester declares that 'the mobile arms race' is underway.
Andrew Carle: The ability for seniors to age in place stems partially from the use of senior care technology.
13000 consumer 'health' apps in the Apple app store by next summer.
A vision of do-it-yourself medicine -- but given some of the products, maybe not just yet.
Mobile Health News quotes ABI Research, which also expects strong growth for home monitoring devices intended for assisted living applications.
Hopefully a few of the connected Internet TVs are used by seniors who don't have laptops, etc.
Senior Housing News article notes that CCRCs are moving to offer home health care services.
State-by-state turnover rates vary from 60 to 100%.
Administration on Aging and NCOA will step up outreach/education efforts.
Private site for managing care of aging parents, sick children, or other loved ones.
CareLinx web-based system seeks to match independent care providers with those who need help.
This “e-comment” video service launched in late September and allowed senior citizens to record their input for the county supervisors at four senior centers.
A prediction from Juniper Research.
This includes support for up to four Kinect sensors plugged into one computer, along with improved 'skeletal tracking' to follow which user is being tracked by the sensor.
What is missing is systems thinking that responds to the entire ‘job’ of the older consumer or caregiver.
Self-knowledge through numbers that measure things such as how long we sleep or how many stairs we can climb in a day.
Google's new privacy policy -- easier for them, frightening for the consumer.
The new center will conduct research on better reimbursement models, improved price transparency and “smart technology” — a field that includes mobile health monitors and other innovations.
March 1, Google plans to follow the activities of users as they move across the firm’s Web sites, including its highly popular YouTube, Gmail and main search engine.
